Global health and global aging
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Global health and global aging
Jossey-Bass, c2007
1st ed
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Global health & global aging
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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: cloth ISBN 9780787988104
Description
The book covers the fundamentals of global aging and health and provides real-world models from countries and regions that offer the best practices in current approaches. Global Health and Global Aging presents information about leadership and governance challenges as well as insights about aging in different cultures and countries in all regions of the world.
Table of Contents
About the AARP Foundation. Foreword by Robert N. Butler. Preface by Mary Robinson. Part One: The World and Its Aging Population. 1. World Policies on Aging and the United Nations by Alexandre Siderenko. 2. Population Aging: A Global Overview by Mary Beth Weinberger. 3. The World Health Organization and Global Aging by Alex Kalache. 4. Leadership and Governance Challenges for Global Health and Aging by Derek Yach. 5. Perception of Aging in Different Cultures by Frank Eyetsemitan. Part Two: Countries with High Rates of Longevity. 6. Australia: Aging in Australia: The Australian Government's Agenda on Population Aging by Santo Santoro. 7. Denmark: Healthy Aging in Denmark by Bjarne Hastrup. 8. France: Challenges of Longevity: The International Longevity Centre-France Perspective by Francoise Forette and Marie-Anne Brieu. 9. Finland: Healthy Aging in Finland by Pekka Puska. 10. Germany: Healthy Aging in Germany by Ulla Schmidt. 11. Germany: Healthy Aging from 70 to 100+ in Germany: Lessons from the Berlin Aging Study by Jacqui Smith and Paul Baltes. 12. Japan: Challenges of Productive Aging in Japan by Shigeo Morioka. 13. Netherlands: Healthy Aging in the Netherlands by C.I.J.M. Ross-van Dorp. 14. Spain: Aging in Spain: Working Toward Creating New Rights in the Welfare State by Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero. 15. Sweden: Health and Aging in Sweden by Barbro Westerholm. 16. United Kingdom: United Kingdom by Sally Greengross 17. United States: Healthy Aging in the United States by Jeanette Takamura. Part Three: Countries Facing Rapid Population Aging in the Next 20-30 Years. 18. Africa: Health and Aging in Africa by Nana Apt. 19. China: Aging of Populations: Is China's Pattern Unique? by Lincoln Chen and Lingling Zhang. 20. India: Health and Aging in India By Sharad D. Gokhale. 21. Eastern Mediterranean: Eastern Mediterrean Region: Rapid Aging Population in 20-30 Years by Mohamed H. El-Banouby. 22. Russia: Health and Aging in Russia Vladimir Kh. Khavinson and Olga N. Mikhailova. 23. Latin America and the Caribbean: Health and Aging in Latin America and the Caribbean by Enrique Vega Garcia. Part Four: Leaders in Research and Innovative Programs. 24. The Biology of Aging: Current Research and Expected Future Gains by George Martin and Joshua Lederberg. 25. Exceptional Longevity by Thomas Perls and Dellara Terry. 26. Cities, Sociodiversity, and Strategy by Jaime Lerner. 27. Creating a Healthy Environment for Aging Populations by Gloria Gutman. 28. How Government, Business, and Social Sector Partnerships Can Finance Programs for the Aging by A. James Forbes, Jr. 29. Policies and Practices Affecting Health and Longevity of People with Disabilities: Lessons from the United Kingdom by Hector Medora and Angela Hassiotis. 30. Keeping People Active: Continuing Education Programs That Work by Julia Preece and Brian Findsen. 31. Longevity's Impact on Retirement Security by C. Robert Henrikson. 32. Improving Health Care in America: Lessons Learned from the Global Village by William Novelli. Part Five: Epilogue: The Road Ahead. 33. Epilogue: The Road Ahead by Erik Olsen
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: pbk ISBN 9781118424070
Description
The book covers the fundamentals of global aging and health and provides real-world models from countries and regions that offer the best practices in current approaches. Global Health and Global Aging presents information about leadership and governance challenges as well as insights about aging in different cultures and countries in all regions of the world.
Table of Contents
About the AARP Foundation viii
Foreword x
Robert N. Butler, M.D.
Preface xi
Mary Robinson
The Editors xv
Contributors xvi
PART ONE: THE WORLD AND ITS AGING POPULATION
1. World Policies on Aging and the United Nations 3
Alexandre Sidorenko
2. Population Aging: A Global Overview 15
Mary Beth Weinberger
3. The World Health Organization and Global Aging 31
Alex Kalache
4. Leadership and Governance Challenges for Global Health and Aging 47
Derek Yach
5. Perception of Aging in Different Cultures 58
Frank E. Eyetsemitan
PART TWO: COUNTRIES WITH HIGH RATES OF LONGEVITY
6. Healthy Aging in Denmark? 71
Bjarne Hastrup
7. Challenges of Longevity in France: The International Longevity Centre-France Perspective 85
Francoise Forette and Marie-Anne Brieu
8. Healthy Aging in Finland 96
Pekka Puska
9. Healthy Aging in Germany 106
Ulla Schmidt
10. Healthy Aging from Seventy to Over One Hundred in Germany: Lessons from the Berlin Aging Study 118
Jacqui Smith and Paul B. Baltes
11. Challenges of Productive Aging in Japan 128
Shigeo Morioka
12. Healthy Aging in the Netherlands 140
C.I.J.M. Ross-van Dorp
13. Aging in Spain: Working Toward Creating New Rights in the Welfare State 149
Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero
14. Health and Aging in Sweden 157
Barbro Westerholm
15. Aging in the United Kingdom 168
Sally Greengross
16. Healthy Aging in the United States 177
Jeanette C. Takamura
PART THREE: COUNTRIES FACING RAPID POPULATION AGING IN THE NEXT TWENTY TO THIRTY YEARS
17. Health and Aging in Africa 187
Nana Araba Apt
18. Aging of Populations: Is China's Pattern Unique? 197
Lincoln Chen and Lingling Zhang
19. Health and Aging in India 208
Sharad D. Gokhale
20. Health and Aging in the Eastern Mediterranean Region 215
Mohamed H. El-Banouby
21. Health and Aging in Russia 226
Vladimir Kh. Khavinson and Olga N. Mikhailova
22. Health and Aging in Latin America and the Caribbean 238
Enrique Vega
PART FOUR: LEADERS IN RESEARCH AND INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS
23. The Biology of Aging: Current Research and Expected Future Gains 249
George M. Martin and Joshua Lederberg
24. Exceptional Longevity 257
Thomas Perls and Dellara F. Terry
25. Cities, Sociodiversity, and Strategy 275
Jaime Lerner
26. Creating a Healthy Environment for Aging Populations 281
Gloria M. Gutman
27. How Government, Business, and Social Sector Partnerships Can Finance Programs for the Aging 292
A. James Forbes, Jr.
28. Policies and Practices Affecting Health and Longevity of People with Disabilities: Lessons from the United Kingdom 300
Hector Medora and Angela Hassiotis
29. Keeping People Active: Continuing Education Programs that Work 313
Julia Preece and Brian Findsen
30. Longevity's Impact on Retirement Security 323
C. Robert Henrikson
31. Improving Health Care in America: Lessons Learned from the Global Village 337
William D. Novelli
PART FIVE: EPILOGUE: THE ROAD AHEAD
32. Epilogue: The Road Ahead 351
Erik Olsen
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